Senior Clinical Psychologist: Paediatric Neuropsychology (Epilepsy)

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for a full outline of the main responsibilities of this role. This includes the following:

1. To provide a specialist Clinical Psychology service to paediatric patients as part of the relevant multidisciplinary team(s).
2. To undertake a range of evidenced-based psychological interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual and family) adapted and tailored to the needs of the individual and the context and the ongoing evaluation of the outcomes of the intervention.
3. To offer advice and consultation on patients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers.
4. To have strategic oversight of the implementation, evaluation and measurement of the development of the paediatric asthma/LTCs psychology service.
5. To offer consultation, advice and disseminate psychological ideas to the wider paediatric department.
6. To make a contribution to the general management, governance and supervision of the wider Clinical Health Psychology Service as agreed.
7. To work autonomously in the execution of these duties and within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Clinical Health Psychology Department and Trust policies and procedures.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

Essential criteria

• Post graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies, as accredited by the British Psychological Society.
• Doctoral level qualification in clinical or counselling (or equivalent prior to 1995) by course accredited by the BPS and registration as a practitioner psychologist with HCPC.
• Completion of formal clinical supervisor training sufficient to be able to supervise doctoral trainees.

Desirable criteria

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Completion of PGDip in Clinical Paediatric Neuropsychology.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with children & young people who have long term conditions &/or neurological difficulties.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings and with difficult to treat groups.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS/HCPC.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and offering systemic interpretations to have impact on the team functioning in patient care.
• Relevant experience of developing and setting up new services.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health.

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential criteria

• Ability to exercise the full clinical responsibility for patient's psychological care and treatment within the clinical specialty and to co-ordinate the psychological care provided by others.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to provide emotional support, consultation and professional mentorship to multidisciplinary team members.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JDPS Paediatric Senior Clinical Psychologist (PDF, 544.3KB)
• Job Description Appendix A (PDF, 259.2KB)